Moscow Court Seizes Chubais Assets as Kyiv Holds Candlelit Christmas Eve Prayers

The decision against a high-profile critic who left Russia coincides with Kyiv worshippers keeping services during wartime blackouts.

Overview

A Moscow arbitration court ordered the seizure of Anatoly Chubais’s assets valued at 11.9 billion rubles, reported as about ¥23.7 billion.
Chubais is a former first deputy prime minister who was reported to have opposed the Ukraine invasion and departed Russia.
The ruling was reported by Russia’s TASS news agency and relayed by Kyodo News in articles published by Nishinippon.
In Kyiv, large congregations gathered at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery for Christmas Eve services and offered prayers for peace.
The worship was held during power outages and sub-zero temperatures, with families praying for the safety of loved ones at the front.